For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
Parallel translations
- WEB For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
- BSB For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
- NKJV For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
- NASB For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
- NLT See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.
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Quick answer
God declares Himself for the land: He will turn to it so it is tilled and sown again. The Lord's favor brings cultivation and life.
Overview
'I am for you' is a word of grace, the opposite of 'I am against you' spoken to Edom (35:3). God's turning toward the land ensures it will be farmed and planted once more. His personal favor is the source of all renewal. This gracious 'for you' captures the gospel posture of God toward those He redeems (Rom. 8:31).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Hos 2:21–23And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
- Ezek 36:34And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
- Zech 8:12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
- Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
- Ps 99:8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
- Hag 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
- Mal 3:10–11Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
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